My passions lie in the beauty industry (since 1998) & the Craft industry (since childhood, but truly re-ignited in 2010).
Beauty & Craft inspiration, product reviews, and how-to's, as well as general life stuff..
I haven't been using much at all lately. But when I have I find I'm gravitating towards a gold eye shadow most often.
Something like this:
Too Faced Chocolate Palette, or Wet 'n Wild Alice in Wonderland shadows.
As far as face, I really haven't been doing any cream products, foundations, etc. I also haven't done much blush, bronzer or highlight recently. What have I done?
A lot of Burt's Bees Lip. like this:
One product I've tried to like, several times:
The Wet 'n Wild Alice Glitter Mascara... it's pretty, but it's also flaky. Not great when it's all over my face. It also tends to get itchy towards the end of the day.
What are some of your favorite items right now? Let me know in the comments below.
What a time it's been this past week, week and a half!
All my doctors appointments went pretty well. My bloodwork wasn't the best and I'm now working on becoming not pre diabetic. Scan was clear, so no cancer, YAY!!
We bought a bigger home on wheels, and have been getting it ready to roll back to Indiana. For more on that check out linktr.ee/outlandadventures. Specifically our facebook posts.
What do I want for my Birthday this year?
I have no idea!
I already got to open my gifts from Mom, since we're here now and wont be in June. She got me a few pair of earrings, a Diamond Painting kit, and a box set of the Nightmare on Elm Street films. (Awesome!)
I'm writing this late, and haven't taken any pictures, sorry.
I'd like to spend my birthday doing something fun, but we already took 2 weeks off when it was just supposed to be one. It's a week day though so maybe...
So, we're one month into this gig.... What are our thoughts?
When we first arrived, we were given our spot and got settled in. Picnic table and fire ring were delivered by Chris & Dave (one of the owners) a few days later.
The entrance to the park is very pretty! As is the park as a whole. The bathhouse is very nice, and always clean. The pond/beach area is looking very nice!
We wish there was laundry on site, especially since the nearest laundromat is kinda crappy, and takes forever to dry clothes.
The sunsets here? Beautiful!
One of the jobs Chris has done?
Mulching this area, it didn't photo real well but there a hill there, and some plants/flowers.
Another Chris job? Sanding & painting all the picnic tables.
Told ya these sunsets were stunning!
Chris has been doing the above jobs, weed killing, leaf burning, tree trimming, wood splitting, groundskeeping, and other manual labor. I've been learning the campground layout, the check-in software & process, organizing the store, taking inventory, reading electric meters for seasonal campers, and once delivered wood!
Neither job is too difficult, and we really like the owners, so that helps.
The campground is large, but the seasonal sites are responsible for their own spots. There are over 100 sites, but only 30 are available/non seasonal. The common areas, like the playgrounds, pond, beach, and grasses/sand in those areas and between seasonal sites are campground responsibilities.
They have a bathroom crew, so we don't have to clean those regularly, just pick up in-between and make sure everything is running smoothly.
There are a few things we'd like-
the aforementioned laundry
a good grocery store close by (Sorry Sav A Lot, but you are expensive, and don't carry much.)
a few more things to do nearby- In under an hour there's Kankakee Sands, Fair Oaks Farm, and several small parks, a couple libraries, several truck stops, a few restaurants, a drag strip, a flea market.... and okay maybe there is quite a bit.
Overall it's a pretty nice gig, in a fairly remote part on Northwest Indiana.
We had a day off, and decided it was past time to clean the van and reorganize the drawers & the garage.
I worked on the drawers, and cleaning the sand out of the rugs-seriously so much sand, and we just washed them. Chris worked on the garage, and garbage.
Here's a short I did during one of my breaks:
I started off by emptying all the drawers and cleaning them out. One was full of soap, so I figured I may as well scrub them all. It was the right decision, they were kinda gross (hair, sand, dust).
While I did that Chris worked on taking things out of the rear, to rearrange and move some items elsewhere, as well as getting rid of a few things.
Since he had all the bins out I was able to organize what I refer to as the bathroom bin. It holds sunscreen, shampoo, hair care, razon blades, first aid, etc.
We had far too many sunscreen in the drawers, and both were out of bodywash, but the bin had plenty.
The rest was just throwing away trash, and organizing what we have. There isn't any more space in the garage area, but there's more in there right now, and it's much better organized.
There's less in the drawers and things are much easier to find!
Vitamins, Meds, Toothbrushes, Deodorant
My hairstyling stuff, razors, lotion, body sprays, Chris' beard care items.
Sunscreens, Shampoo & Conditioner, Body Wash, Nail Care.
They're not 100% but definitely better than before.
In this example I'm using Dafont, which is mostly free for personal use with the option to purchase a commercial license on the majority of fonts offered there. There are many sites to find fonts, but the process is the same.
I like to use both the default font presentation, and the font preview.
Step 1) Choose a font, and click download.
2) Find your downloads folder, and the downloaded file.
3) Click on aforementioned file. Open it by double clicking the file image, then click on OPEN TYPE FONT FILE.
4) Click Install.
It really is that easy!
5) Open Design Space, if you already had it open you'll need to reload or restart the program.
6) Your downloaded fonts will be found under the SYSTEM tab in the text menu. You can search by name, if you know what you're looking for, or scroll through.
Any questions? Leave them in the comments below and I'll get back to you ASAP!
